Abstract
The INTEGRAL satellite has discovered many sources, the nature of most being still unknown. Only a multi-wavelength approach, including optical and near-infrared observations, may allow to constrain their nature. Several of these sources, apparently located in the Norma arm, share common X-ray properties, in particular a huge intrinsic absorption, probably by cold matter. The best studied source is IGR J16318-4848, for which we summarize here our optical/near-infrared observations, and for which we propose an identification as a High mass X-ray binary, the massive component being an sgB[e] star. There are indications that other sources in the Norma arm are binary systems with massive and rare stars, surrounded by complex envelopes or cocoons.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1365-1368 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Advances in Space Research |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2006 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Be-X-rays: binaries
- Stars: circumstellar matter
- Stars: emission-line